大器(たいき)

たいき
noun
person of great talent; great vessel
formalperson
1. person of great talent; person of great capacity
A person of outstanding ability and breadth, likened to a large vessel. The literal sense of a large container survives mainly in set phrases.
彼(かれ)は大器(たいき)だ。
He is a person of great talent.
若手(わかて)選手(せんしゅ)の大器(たいき)ぶりが注目(ちゅうもく)される。
The young player's great promise is drawing attention.
若(わか)い頃(ころ)は目立(めだ)たなかったが、今(いま)や球界(きゅうかい)を代表(だいひょう)する大器(たいき)となった。
He didn't stand out when young, but has become one of the baseball world's leading talents.

Composed of 大(たい) (great) + 器(き) (vessel, capacity). Most familiar from the idiom 大器晩成(たいきばんせい) (great talents mature late).

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Similar words

  • 逸材(いつざい): person of exceptional talent — emphasizes rarity and being hard to find
  • 人材(じんざい): talented person, human resource — a generally capable person, less exceptional

Related Words

Compare: 人材(じんざい) (talented person, human resource)
Compare: 晩成(ばんせい) (late development)
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